Multifunctional latex article

A compound for a polymeric composite layer in a latex article, comprising:

• 80% Polychloroprene;
• 5% Nanoclay;
• 2% Sulfur;
• 4% Accelerators;
• 7% Zinc oxide;
• 0.1% Viscosity modifiers;
• 0.9% Polymeric phenolic antioxidant;
• and
• 1% Pigment.

A method of forming a multifunctional latex article, comprising:

• Applying a coagulant on a former;
• Depositing a latex compound comprising Nitrile-Butadiene on the coagulant-coated former, forming a first polymeric layer;
• Disposing a second polymeric composite layer comprising polychloroprene and layered Nano clay, on the first polymeric layer in its wet gel stage;
• Disposing a third polymeric layer comprising polychloroprene, on the second polymeric composite layer in its wet gel stage;
• Dipping the third polymeric layer in its wet gel stage into a solvent mixture comprising Toluene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Acetic acid;
• Leaching the polymeric layers in water;
• Curing the leached layers in an oven;
• and
• Removing the layers from the former;
• wherein the gelled third layer and the solvent mixture chemically react causing the gelled surface of the third layer to texturize the surface by swelling and fixing, creating a continuous and discontinuous wavy micro-roughened surface and curing causes formation of ionic crosslinks in the third polymeric layer.